عنوان

A history of European versification /

(Number (ISBN

0198158793

(Number (ISBN

6610764867

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9780198158790

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9786610764860

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A history of European versification /

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[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

M.L. Gasparov ; translated by G.S. Smith and Marina Tarlinskaja ; edited by G.S. Smith with Leofranc Holford-Strevens.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1996.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 334 pages ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-323) and indexes.

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The Historical Development of European Verse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Slavonic and Baltic Folk Syllabic and Tonic Verse -- 3. Germanic Tonic Verse -- 4. Ancient Greek Syllabo-Metrical Verse -- 5. Greek and Latin Quantitative Metre -- 6. Greek and Latin Medieval Syllabic Verse -- 7. Romance Syllabic Verse -- 8. The Rise of Germanic Syllabo-Tonic Verse -- 9. Slavonic Literary Syllabic Verse -- 10. The Expansion of Syllabo-Tonic Verse -- 11. International Free Verse -- 12. Summing Up -- Appendix: Fundamental Characteristics of English, French, Italian, Spanish and Latin Medieval Verse, with Tables.

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When we read a poem composed in blank iambic pentameter, it reminds us of Shakespeare. When we read a poem composed in long lines without rhyme or rhythm, we think of Whitman. In this ground-breaking study of the history of European versification, M.L. Gasparov shows how such chains of association link the poetry of numerous languages and diverse ages. Examining poetry written in 30 languages (from Irish to Belorussian) and over several millennia (from classical Latin and Greek to the experiments of the contemporary avant-garde), the book traces the ways in which the poetry of English, French, Russian, Greek and other European languages has developed from a single common Indo-European source. The account is liberally illustrated with verse examples, both in their original languages and in translation.

General Material Designation

Ocherk istorii evropeĭskogo stikha.

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English

European poetry-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.

Poetics-- History.

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Geschichte

Metriek.

Metrik

Poetics.

Versdichtung

Versifikation

Versleer.

Europa

Europa.

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Gasparov, M. L., (Mikhail Leonovich)

Holford-Strevens, Leofranc

Smith, Gerald Stanton

Date of Transaction

20200822091903.0

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[Book]

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